The few Bernie supporters I know in real life don't attack Hillary ad infinitum.

I'm a big fan of the Senator. Glad he is taking the high road.

It's pretty easy to play the internet tough guy, know it all, covet the struggle, woe is me role here anonymously.

Could be...

The problem is she doesn't want to substantively address the problems of free trade and the banks. She wants to use platitudes to manage voter anger and frustration. Bernie is entirely specific and has a track record. I don't think the author was being terribly thoughtful. It sounds more like spin.

He won't go negative, so when she does, the potential backlash will be much greater. His specific and direct answers make the typical sort of politico-speak (long on feels, short on details) feel hollow and unsatisfying, and having a decades-long track record that's consistent with his current rhetoric makes it impossible to question his sincerity. If this were an election cycle where people felt well-off and secure in their jobs/homes, etc., Hillary might be able to succeed in marginalizing Bernie, but the current climate favors him and threatens her. Bernie's message resonates deeply with people who are struggling or know someone who's struggling, and it's utterly authentic.

She is not the right person for this particular time.

I think all of our candidates have excellent points, Hillary is simply the clear choice for me.

The reality is that Hillary is a giant walking target that every other politician, and a huge swath of DU, aim at daily. Negativisms are lobbing in from every direction. In reality what could Bernie add to what is already being hurled at her? He has the luxury of taking the highroad.

It's not a "luxury" to him-- it's what he's always done.

compared to the kind of attack ads & smear tactics employed by nearly every other known
US candidate for office., including HRC.

That fresh air and emotional nourishment cannot be counterfeited. Bernie's got it, and
people are starved for that, esp all the disaffected but eligible voters who have given up
on the whole thing..

Bernie's tapping that, now .. and it will continue to spread, and there's not a whole lot
HRC can do about it, except of course, employ a bag of smears and dirty attack ads and
float shills like McCaskill to spew toxic nonsense about him.

Time is on Bernie's side too. He's even polling ahead of where Obama was in 2007, so
we'll see what we will see.

They think that everyone will go for fake populism and "evolving" on issues? Great, keep going!! It's *brilliant*!!!!!!!!

..time to switch to "we wanted this all along".

Nice try Ms Elliethee
but what a stupid piece.

When do you think she will start?

But why settle for second best when we can elect the BEST.
We can elect Bernie Sanders, and not have someone "like" Bernie, but have the ACTUAL article?

I just don't understand.

I certainly don't want to settle for second best, and even if Mrs. Clinton is swayed by Sanders' platform, I agree more with Sanders than with Mrs. Clinton any way.

It's going to be really obvious when she goes after that hard working white vote again.

She will be moving away from the positions Bernie voters prefer in the general.

And besides, Bernie voters are all lazy white socialists who want to soak the hard working rich.

Been there. Not very compelling.